Transport for London (TfL) has launched its new campaign “Act Like a Friend” primarily through cinema due to its ability to engage viewers emotionally.
Year-to-date, total box office gross has surpassed £965m, running 2% ahead of 2024 and 1% behind 2023. November box office for the UK and Ireland totaled £85m, a 33% decline from last November against a challenging comparable.
Year-to-date box office is now running 9% ahead of 2024 and 1% behind the Barbenheimer-fuelled 2023.
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UK and Ireland August box office totalled £95.2m. Despite the relatively meagre month, year-to-date box office remains up 9% compared with 2024.
Jurassic World Rebirth, Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps all performed well, despite a tough comparable with last year.
The figure is 1.4 percentage points ahead of previous forecast, driven predominately by search, social and online display. Cinema and digital audio also had a big Q1.
2025 H1 box office revenue surpassed £530m, growing 18% year on year. Advertisers, meanwhile, are increasing spend on the channel, with DCM’s revenues up 26%.
Not only does cinema provide a real-life canvas for memes, it has the power to unify brands, industries and platforms.
Year-to-date revenue is now 20% ahead of this time last year and 8% ahead of 2023.
Total box office revenue last month increased 65% year on year to surpass £100m — more than half of which was accounted for by the game adaptation.
